Irish Modernist Oil on Canvas Painting "Young Bathers" Children on the Beach by Henry Robertson Craig Decorative Arts the bronze figure is silvered

the bronze figure is silvered and depicts a topless dancer wearing a jeweled headress & a short sarong wrap

later also his parents) and other residents of Ghent and the surrounding area went to live near Schaarbeek during that period

The table top is very well carved with a landscape scene featuring both a tiger and an elephant

including several Povey family members

circa 1740

Irish Modernist Oil on Canvas Painting "Young Bathers" Children on the Beach by Henry Robertson Craig Decorative Arts the bronze figure is silveredAn important Irish Modernist oil on canvas painting by Henry Robertson Craig (1816 1984), titled "Young Bathers", circa 1960. This very beautiful painting of children seated on the beach, with other figures bathing is the sea, under a warm blue sky. The painting is very sensitively composed and is an exceptional example of one of Ireland's most respected modernist painters; Henry Robertson Craig along with his long time companion Patrick Hennessy